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This was one of the most active offseasons in recent memory as more than two dozen programs made coaching changes. Here is a look at some of the top new coaching hires to keep an eye on this college football season: Jim Harbaugh Michigan The Buzz: Interim athletic director Jim Hackett hit this one out of the park with his hiring of Jim Harbaugh. A Michigan man, Harbaugh exudes energy and his presence on campus already has Wolverines fans excited for what’s to come with the program. His pedigree helped him in coaching stops at San Diego, Stanford and in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers. Winning over the fans is the first step which will come with wins on the...

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Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue and Valparaiso were all placed in the NCAA Tournament's 16-team Midwest Region, ending any longshot...

Predicted top four seeds in NCAA tournament
1. Kentucky: Not that this deserves an explanation, but the undefeated Wildcats own the nation's top RPI. Not only have the Wildcats gone 33-0, they have won convincingly against 10 top-50 RPI teams.
2....

West Virginia’s pending move to the Big 12 could lead the Big Ten to seriously re-examine whether to expand again.
With West Virginia set to depart, the decaying Big East will lose its flagship football program. Syracuse and Pittsburgh already have...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The seeds of Bryce Alford's nine three-pointers against Southern Methodist were planted in childhood. His father Steve, now UCLA's basketball coach, would teach him how to read screens, how to rub right off the shoulder of the screener...

Before the NCAA tournament even started, UCLA was one of the biggest stories. After UCLA's selection, on the CBS broadcast, Doug Gottlieb immediately called the selection "a joke."
"It makes no sense," Gottlieb said.
For much of...

If it wasn’t for all the tea in China -- well, a ton of money anyway -- UCLA would have real problems when it faced Southern Methodist in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday.
Emmanuel Mudiay may not be a name familiar to the average fan,...

The last time UCLA played Southern Methodist, its opponent in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Louisville on Thursday, Gerald Ford was president and current SMU Coach Larry Brown was three years away from becoming the UCLA coach.
But the Bruins...

By the time Larry Brown reached his final season guiding UCLA's basketball team, he was just 10 years into a 41-year (and counting) coaching career. And already, he was becoming a star.
Nigel Miguel, an all-conference player for the Bruins, remembers...

Kevon Looney has left the medical details of his facial injury to his doctors.
"They just told me something's wrong with my face," Looney said.
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A preview of the NCAA tournament's South Regional.
FRIDAY :: CHARLOTTE
1 Duke (29-4, at-large) vs.
16 Play-in winner (see matchup below)
The Blue Devils fell to Notre Dame in the ACC tournament but still remain close to home as a top seed. Jahlil...

The teams popped up on the screen as UCLA awaited its NCAA tournament fate on Sunday. The Bruins were on the bubble. Few outside the team's nutrition room, where a flat-screen television conveyed the bracket announcements, expected a bid.
By the time the...

It was two different Selection Sundays for the two greatest men's college basketball programs in the history of the NCAA tournament.
First off, one of the teams was anointed, not selected.
Kentucky, winner of eight national titles, earned the top...

Southern Methodist, the regular-season American Athletic Conference champions, held off Connecticut, 62-54, to also win the league's tournament title Sunday at Hartford, Conn.
The defending national champion Huskies fell one game short of winning four...

Marcus Paige made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left to help No. 19 North Carolina top No. 3 Virginia, 71-67, on Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals.
Paige also made a huge shot to beat the clock in the final minute,...

The Ravens signed former Washington Redskins wide receiver Aldrick Robinson to the practice squad and cut former Maryland and Poly wide receiver LaQuan Williams.
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